You are right. Why do we always talk about what we are going to do days before we do it? When you've got something, just leak it for cripe's sake. Don't tell anyone.
Seriously, the people at all the blogs, just wanted everybody to know how in the loop they are, have ended up giving them the heads up and allowed them to drop this. The guys at Redstate.org and Powerline blew it.
At any rate, the Times article is old news. i think everybody knows this. Kerry has repeatedly argued that weapons sites weren't guarded. This has already been factored in by 99.9 percent of the electorate.